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Downgraded by Ticketmaster
I am still waiting to hear back from Ticketmaster after they double booked the Katherine Jenkins concert tickets I purchased several weeks ago as a Christmas present for my music loving pa--in-law. I had an email from them last week offering an upgrade, so I wasn't...
Have you tried dowsing?
This was the first video I ever recorded and edited, it was very much a test video, and surprisingly it remains my most successful on YouTube, with almost 42,000 hits and 73 comments. Not bad for a trial run! I recorded a dowsing demonstration at one of my favourite...
Families describe losing loved ones to sepsis
I am struck by the generous selflessness of bereaved families who genuinely do not want others to suffer like them after losing loved ones - especially from deaths which they believe were preventable. They have offered to provide case studies about their traumatic...
Jeffrey Archer’s auctioneering tips – how to get money from the rich
Many charities in the UK are £42 million richer thanks to the auctioneering skills of Jeffrey Archer. Today he shared his tips about how to get money from the rich at a fundraising conference on this theme. In the last 30 years, Jeffrey's "hobby" has become...
Medics petition government to make sepsis a clinical priority
The sudden death of Brazilian soccer legend Socrates from sepsis, blood poisoning following an infection, comes at the same time that I am promoting the vital work of the UK Sepsis Trust, which is petitioning the government to make sepsis a clinical priority by...
Will the government’s life sciences plan find a cure for Alzheimer’s?
Why isn't there a cure for Alzheimer's disease? And could David Cameron's desire to encourage clinical trials with medical research companies in NHS hospitals provide a much needed opportunity to provide this desperately needed cure? However, I share concerns about...
Are there transmissible cancers in humans?
I was privileged to meet award winning scientist Elizabeth Murchison earlier this year when she explained to me her research which is dedicated to saving a fierce looking Marsupial creature known as the Tasmanian devil from possible extinction in the next 20 -30 years...
European robots perform brain surgery
I am totally in awe of the advanced technology used to create "robotic surgeons" that can out-perform the skills of our best neurosurgeons, carrying out vital life-saving operations. Thanks to EU-funded researchers from Germany, Italy, Israel and the UK, this can be...
Why is Cambridge a phenomenon?
The Cambridge Phenomenon is 50 years old and a gripping story which constantly fascinates. To mark this incredible milestone, which saw the creation of home computers, pocket calculators, bluetooth - as well as the technology behind round teabags - its history is...